In 1956, Maharaja Birendra Bahadur Singh and maharani Padmavati Devi, the then King and Queen of the princely state of Khairagarh, donated their palace to open a university of music, dance and visual arts.

[2] The university was named after their deceased daughter, Indira Devi, who died young and had been both fond of and accomplished in music.

The university has collection of more than 40,000 books and a good number of audiotapes, CDs and video slides of Indian masters of Painting.

The university also has a collection of works of the contemporary master painters of India, folk and tribal artists of different regions.

BPA,[3] BFA, BVoc, POST GRADUATE, DIPLOMA & CERTIFICATE COURSES & DEPARTMENT OF LIFE LONG LEARING .